On
a regular, predictable timeline, club members will provide a venue
in the southern Atlanta area for Citadel graduates, families, and
prospective Citadel family members to come together. We will
meet in order to socialize, sponsor new cadets, and support the
Citadel and Citadel alumni.

The
members of the Southside Atlanta Citadel Club will plan and organize
regular meetings of local Citadel graduates, families, and
prospective Citadel cadets. The meetings will provide
fellowship and entertainment for members, sponsor new cadets, and
support the Citadel and Citadel alumni.

TO&EIs this term
still used anymore? Regardless, please take a moment to update your
vital statistics such as email, phone, address.... and if you happen
to know any information on other grads in the area, please let us
know so we can contact them.

The Citadel Alma Mater

Oh Citadel we
sing thy fameFor all the
world to hear,And in the
paths our fathers showed usFollow without fear.Peace and
Honor, God and Country,We will fight
for thee.Oh Citadel, we
praise thee nowAnd in Eternity.

This
picture, taken at our third meeting, tells what it's all about.
Perhaps it was best stated by Landon Moxley when he said "We
had a great time last weekend, always good to be able to spend time
with good people."

From the beginning we felt the club shouldn't be restricted to the
"long grey line" but should include those that make our
lives so rich - wives, significant others, children... don't leave home
without them.

Meeting
Schedule for 2015

Please mark
your calendars in advance! We know that each of you have very busy
lives but please work your schedules around these dates. Based on
your feedback that sometimes the Saturday meeting dates are difficult
to work around, we will be alternating between Saturdays and
Thursdays. We are now working on the planning of the event and the
venues - check back often.

Date

Event

Directions

Feb 1: Cancelled - Ed and Diane had a house fire. They are safe
but the house is smoke filled.

Please RSVP
prior to each scheduled meeting so that we can make appropriate
plans. RSVP to Ed White, 770-314-2466.

Changing of the Guard

As co-founders of the Club, Jack and I want to thank Ray Mayer '74
for his tireless work for the club in arranging events and keeping
the excitement. We have been so very fortunate that Ray accepted
the nomination of 2014 President. On December 7 we
gathered for our Christmas meeting at which time Ray officially handed the gavel over to
Ed White '66.

Message from our Club President

(This from an email sent to Tom McAlister of the
Alumni Association)

On December 7, 2014 The Southside Atlanta Citadel
Club held its annual Christmas gathering. We recognized Ray Mayer
for his outstanding service and presented him with the CAA
recognition certificate. Tom, this was very well received by
not only Ray but also club members who felt it was deserved.
As you and I have discussed previously, I believe that a formalized
program to recognize Club officers that serve with distinction
should be a consideration for the Association. As of the 7th,
I assumed responsibility as our Club President and Todd Rivers
('88), an outstanding alum, assumed the position of vice president.
Additionally, Banks Glover ('69) has agreed to stay on as our
webmaster. We look forward to initiating an active cadet
recruiting program in 2015, and the Atlanta Citadel Club has agreed
to work with us on this effort.

Article by General Rosa in Charleston Paper
(click below for larger view)

Our Class of 1969 is preparing for our 45th year
reunion. Here are a few recollections you all can
identify with.

The first is the recollections of knob year in F
company, class of 1970 -
the year was 1966.

Our 2014 Annual Muster

Service and Sacrifice: A Citadel
Tradition
(note: silence for first 30 seconds)

South of Broad: a song we can all
relate to:

Another
famous father's son at the Citadel. We all knew
about Ted Turner's sons being at the Citadel.. Now
another one:
Rick Santorum's son at the Citadel.

Brian
Bossman and Marty Potash represented the Southside Atlanta
Citadel Club at the 2010 IACT(Inter Service Academy Golf
Tournament) at the Connecticut Golf Club in Easton
Connecticut. Although a gallant effort, the team was
only able to grab 4th place. Next year..lets get a
better showing and sink Navy!!

Of the 161
local alumni on record, 31 have attended at least one club
meeting since our first meeting back in November 2003! Let's
all make a concerted effort to increase that number. We need
everyone's help on this - call and remind others to come.

Summerall
Guards Kentucky PerformanceDoug Powell
sent us this video of the Summerall Guards performing at a Kentucky
Basketball game.
He wondered what damage the shoes and
rifles did to the floor.. (press start key twice to begin)

When David Boyd '60, Jack Camp '65 and Banks Glover '69 were
lamenting the long sober drive from Newnan to the Atlanta Citadel
Club, the question was raised. "why don't we just start one down
here". Turns out there are over 40 graduates in the immediate
vicinity and that number is growing. So in November 2003 we held our
first meeting.
Click on pic to see full sized newspaper writeup.

Telling tales for the '60's are Pat Conroy '67, Carl Anderson
'62 and Jack Camp '65. Conroy entertained members of the Atlanta
Citadel Club February 16th before his book-signing for the standing
room only crowd at the Ansley Golf Club. Conroy was amused that
despite the "honor code", in his travels for these
"signings", he has counted that he's had 68 Citadel
roommates and has actually met 12 former cadets who confessed to
being members of "The Ten". "No kidding....!!!"